As parents know, juggling life’s responsibilities on a daily basis often makes them highly skilled at multitasking–especially during the pandemic.
The desire to have a career while being available for children can parlay into seeking an online job that melds a working parent’s schedule with the financial needs of their family. Looking for stay-at-home jobs for moms and dads can be the ideal way to meet obligations at home and in a career.
According to FlexJobs’ survey of working parents, the ability to work flexibly is one of the top contributors to a healthy work-life balance and can be life-changing. The FlexJobs database lists thousands of work-from-home jobs that offer parents the ability to work comfortably from a home office.
We’ve listed 15 great stay-at-home jobs for moms and dads below, along with their median pay from PayScale. Clicking on each job title will take you to all of the related open jobs with remote flexibility hiring right now.
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15 Stay-at-Home Jobs for Moms and Dads
1. Customer Service Representative
Median Pay: $37,907
Work-from-home customer service roles are plentiful. Workers who can take phone calls, respond to inquiries, provide customers with assistance, and complete administrative tasks will be well qualified for this type of role. You’ll need a quiet home office and the ability to learn and use technology and software programs.
2. Data Entry Specialist
Median Pay: $35,833
One of the more popular jobs for stay-at-home moms and dads, data entry jobs can be highly flexible roles that allow you to manage your daily routine with your children by working while they sleep or are at school. Some employers hiring for data entry jobs may require specialized data entry certification and training, but essential skills like typing and sharp attention to detail are skills that many parents already have.
3. Recruiting Coordinator
Median Pay: $45,485
If you think you might enjoy helping people get hired into a new job, a recruiting position may be a good fit. Recruiting coordinators typically assist HR personnel with looking over resumes, performing background checks, assisting with interviews, and onboarding new employees.
4. Proofreader
Median Pay: $43,126
Proofreaders typically are highly detail-oriented and can find even the smallest of errors. As a remote proofreader, you’ll ensure consistency, check formatting, confirm facts, check grammar, and more.
5. Writer / Blogger
Median Pay: $48,732
Many publications and online resources are interested in parenting topics. Use your experience in parenthood as the impetus to get paid to write. Contribute to a parent-focused website, social media outlets, or other publication. Or, use your financial management expertise or career focus as your basis for contributing. Use your storytelling skills to cash in!
6. Transcriptionist
Median Pay: $32,861
Transcription jobs from home are available with remote, part-time, flexible schedule and freelance options. Common tasks of a transcriptionist include transcribing audio or written content, reviewing reports, and correcting errors. Most transcription jobs will require the ability to type 75 WPM or more.
7. Virtual Assistant
Median Pay: $38,478
Virtual assistants provide administrative support to an individual or team. Handling email and social media, maintaining calendars, scheduling meetings and travel, planning events, and researching may be some of your tasks. Virtual assistant jobs are done 100% from home and can be found on a part-time or full-time basis.
8. Online Teacher / Tutor
Median Pay: $43,476
As a parent, you’ve likely taught your child to read, tutored them through math assignments, and taught them all of their life skills. Education is most likely part of your daily routine, so why not convert those skills to earn an income?
9. Accounting Clerk
Median Pay: $38,500
Accounting clerks most often maintain financial records, reconcile bank statements, prepare reports, process transactions, and provide clerical support to the accounting department. Bookkeeping, data entry, and word processing skills are often required. Accounting clerks can often find remote roles that may be full-time or even freelance.
10. Graphic Designer
Median Pay: $43,275
Digital and visual designers can find great roles that allow the job to be done completely from home and often on a flexible schedule. In a graphic design career, you might create logos or ads, help design the look and feel of a website, or create signage, leaflets, or other informational materials. (learn more about becoming a graphic designer)
11. Health Coach
Median Pay: $45,324
Many stay-at-home parents work diligently on their own fitness to stay in shape. Why not use those skills and share them with others? Remote roles in fitness and mental health can be an ideal way to help others live a healthier lifestyle while keeping your own health journey on track.
12. Marketing Specialist
Median Pay: $49,912
Marketing positions can take many forms, including marketing coordinator, SEO specialist, content strategist, among others. In marketing, you’ll work to promote a product or service through branding and outreach.
13. Social Media Specialist
Median Pay: $41,945
Many parents are social media savvy individuals already, posting about their children’s achievements and following their favorite brands and influencers, making this a natural work-at-home job for moms and dads. In a social media career, you could create content for a company’s social media sites to help grow their fanbase and communities. (learn more about becoming a social media manager)
14. Travel Consultant
Median Pay: $40,520
Virtual travel positions are plentiful. In this industry, you’ll manage travel arrangements for various clients, such as a cruise line, airline, resort, or excursion bookings. Many positions offer the benefit of travel credits that could also allow you and your family to travel. To say the least, this is a stay-at-home job for moms that could offer perks to the entire family!
15. Web Designer
Median Pay: $49,476
Web designers create the visuals of a website, designing navigational elements, creating graphics, choosing fonts and colors, and using HTML code. Typically previous experience or a portfolio are required. Web designers can often work from home and can find freelance and flexible schedule roles.
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120 Comments
Kathy Beard
April 15, 2020 at 11:40 am
Thanks. I am a mom that stayed home for many years. What you wrote was what i wanted to see. Thanks.
Luna
April 2, 2020 at 8:15 am
I think this is a good article and il will help as a starting point for those like me are looking for options on how to help in the household. Due to the recent situation a lot of us are struggling on finding a way to support working from home. In my case i am an Interior Designer, and there is a lot of things that i can do from home; things take time, do not think this is a magical way to make money, what i can say is research on the company you choose to work from home, there are a lot of scams around.
Jonique Wallace
July 31, 2019 at 4:23 pm
Good afternoon. I would like to give this a try as am currently going under pressure fitting in with work and my child development. Apart from that there is absolutely little r no time at all to get other personal business done. I would like to know now I can get started in any of the following and what requirements will I need to get my daily task complete. So these are my area of interest, blogger, virtual assistant, accounting clerk or a travel consultant.
Sanjana
July 28, 2019 at 8:05 pm
I like this job
Harish Kumar
July 3, 2019 at 12:18 am
Great post! Everything has explained briefly and clearly. Thanks for sharing this post.
Harish Kumar
June 25, 2019 at 10:17 pm
These ideas for housewives and stay at home moms are really wonderful and useful. Notably, there are many new female bloggers are rising in the past few years, because they are educated and have more leisure times. Really good idea and it's really useful for a woman
Sasirekha
June 19, 2019 at 11:59 pm
Very beautiful opertunity thank you of these ideas for home based jobs . IAM going to get into writing more
Sasirekha
June 19, 2019 at 11:56 pm
Very beautiful opertunity
nadine ndelo
June 2, 2019 at 9:29 pm
Wedding planning decorations design or own Hotel and own Restaurant Cooking and Barking and Design Holidays and Design Home and.
nadine ndelo
June 2, 2019 at 9:24 pm
Cooking and Baking and Design Wedding Planning and Dj and Design home and own Hotel and Restaurant and own Movies and book Design Holidays ok
Palash paul
May 13, 2019 at 9:14 am
I like this post there should be much information like this
Charmen
March 19, 2019 at 1:55 am
This is a great list! However, the rates are way different here in the Philippines. We only get $3-$4 per hour on most of the jobs you’ve stated in this article. The saddest reality. :(
Amari Butler
September 14, 2018 at 11:54 am
If you don't mind me asking, what did you decide to teach, and what were the requirements? I'm thinking about working from home, my husband's income will just barely work alone but i have yet to finish my B.A in communications
home based jobs
June 27, 2018 at 2:21 pm
Thank you for these ideas for home based jobs. I'm going to get into writing more!
Dani
May 11, 2018 at 10:04 am
I have two small children and found going to a workplace full time was incredibly difficult alongside meeting the children's needs (and paying for childcare!). It was very scary leaving a place of security and heading towards the unknown of being self-employed and working from home. I believed in myself and took the plunge to teach online for an established company. It was the best decision. The job is fun and energising and I fit it when my kids are at school. My children are happy and calm and I'm not worried about finances.
Amari Butler
September 14, 2018 at 11:54 am
If you don't mind me asking, what did you decide to teach, and what were the requirements? I'm thinking about working from home, my husband's income will just barely work alone but i have yet to finish my B.A in communications
Faith Stewart
May 11, 2018 at 6:45 am
This is a great list. When people are searching from jobs that will allow them to work from home, they often have not clue what to search for on jobs sites other than "work at home." This is an excellent list of search terms, as well as to give ideas for areas in which to seek further training if needed so that working from home can be a possibility.
Harish Kumar
May 11, 2018 at 5:43 am
Thanks for the great article, my mom is looking for a home based jobs I am going to suggest this article for my mom , keep doing this great work.
Catmomdo
April 25, 2018 at 11:10 pm
I appreciate this list. I am a blogger, but there is a ton of work to put into it. It seems like it is really hard to find online jobs if you don't have a college degree. Thank you!
work from home
February 13, 2018 at 1:58 pm
Great article. Love your content. One of the biggest mistake I see in working from home is the lack of work hours scheduling. Once that is fixed, working at home and being productive usually works much better for my friends/clients. Bravo!
Jasleen Kour
August 18, 2017 at 1:50 am
> I agree with you joe. Unless there is a zombie apocalypse or alien invasion and you are the chosen one to save the world, you have all the reasons and time to start a blog. Stop searching for reasons. Start with your blog now. You’ll either do it or you will learn. Take the aid of your hobbies, interests and passion to create a profession out of it and chisel out some great opportunities for your future.